Tajkistan, Economy

15:49, july 10, 2013

TALCO leases 33 Chinese-made dump trucks to carry coal to the aluminum smelter

DUSHANBE, July 10, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Aluminum Company, which operates the Tajik Aluminum smelter, has leased 33 Chinese-made 25t dump trucks, Howo, and two wheeled loaders, Lon King to carry

13:37, july 10, 2013

Tajik Government, ADB, and WB review operations in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 10, 2013, Asia-Plus – On Wednesday July 10, the Government of Tajikistan, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the World Bank (WB) presented the findings of their eighth Joint

13:16, july 10, 2013

Rahmon receives new IMF resident representative in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 10, 2013, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday July 10, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received Mr.

11:37, july 10, 2013

Tajik foreign minister meets Austrade representatives

DUSHANBE, July 10, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi, who is currently on a working visit to Australia, today met in Melbourne with representatives of the Australian Trade

11:15, july 10, 2013

Tajik finance minister, JICA resident representative discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, July 10, 2013, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday July 9, Tajik Finance Minister, Safarali Najmiddinov, received Mr.

10:27, july 10, 2013

Tajik central bank lowers refinancing rate to ensure effectiveness of monetary policy

DUSHANBE, July 10, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has lowered its refinancing rate by 0.

09:48, july 10, 2013

French company seeks cooperation with Tajikistan

The package of documents on cooperation with Areva is still under consideration.

14:31, july 9, 2013

Tajik PM receives TBEA top manager

DUSHANBE, July 9, 2013, Asia-Plus -- On Monday July 8, Tajik Prime Minister Oqil Oiqlov met here with Mr.

13:47, july 9, 2013

EBRD helps Qurghon Teppa to become a cleaner city

DUSHANBE, July 9, 2013, Asia-Plus -- With the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s loan of US$ 2 million and the EU’s technical support, Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon

10:07, july 9, 2013

Ministry of finance takes stock of Roghun shares kept in banks

DUSHANBE, July 9, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has reportedly conducted the next inventory of shares in Roghun kept in local banks.

09:43, july 9, 2013

IFC partners with Switzerland and UK to improve corporate governance in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 9, 2013, Asia-Plus – International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development are launching the

17:14, july 6, 2013

New stock exchange registered in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 6, 2103, Asia-Plus -- A new stock exchange was registered with the Tax Committee under the Government of Tajikistan last month.

16:28, july 6, 2013

Cement major Pakistan’s export to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 6, 2013, Asia-Plus - Pakistan''s major export to Tajikistani market is cement, which has a high demand and is supplied through Afghanistan.

16:56, july 4, 2013

Tajikistan’s GDP expected to stand at 48.45 billion somoni in 2014

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The economic bloc ministries have presented macroeconomic indicators and economic forecasts for the coming three years.

15:50, july 4, 2013

Russia raises oil product export duty for July

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2013, Asia-Plus -- By Russian government’s decree an export duty on dark and light oil products for July has been raised on average by 3.0 percent.

14:59, july 4, 2013

Representatives of Pakistan’s largest cement producers visit Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Senior representatives of Pakistan’s largest cement producers have visited Tajikistan.

11:47, july 4, 2013

Orienbonk top manager’s brother reportedly heads one of departments of Barqi Tojik

A new department has been established at Barqi Tojik (Tajik state-run electricity provider) – Electricity Sales Department.

16:41, july 3, 2013

Qizil Tumshuk gas reserves reportedly exhausted

DUSHANBE, July 3, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of energy and Industry (MoEI) says recoverable gas reserves of the Qizil Tumshuk filed, located in the southern province of Khatlon, have been

15:42, july 3, 2013

Qatari Diar unveils scale model of Diar Dushanbe’s world-class residential buildings in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 3, 2013, Asia-Plus – Press release issued by Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company on July 2 notes that the company has celebrated the inauguration of its scale model of luxury

09:55, july 3, 2013

Prospects of Tajikistan-ADB cooperation discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, July 3, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Minister of Finance Safarali Najmiddinov yesterday met here with a mission of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), led by Mr.

16:21, july 2, 2013

Experts gather at UCA in Bishkek for Regional World Economic Forum

DUSHANBE, July 2, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Approximately 50 current and former government officials, industry leaders, representatives of international organizations and civil society experts from

12:24, july 2, 2013

Tajik central bank denies reports about appearance of counterfeit somoni banknotes

DUSHANBE, July 2, 2013, Asia-Plus – Tajik central bank has denied reports about entry of counterfeit somoni banknotes into circulation as absolutely baseless.

09:33, july 2, 2013

Tajikistan participates in the 9th Kashgar Central & South Asia Commodity Fair

DUSHANBE, July 2, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The 9th Kashgar Central & South Asia Commodity Fair is being held in Kashgar, an important ancient Silk Road town in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur

11:10, july 1, 2013

Central Asia officials meet in Almaty to discuss implementation of CAREC program

DUSHANBE, July 1, 2013, Asia-Plus – Senior officials from the 10 member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program met in Almaty, Kazakhstan on June 27-28 to review

15:54, june 28, 2013

Tajik agrarian sector stakeholders meet to discuss ways of benefiting from Tajikistan’s accession to

DUSHANBE, June 28, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The International Trade Center (ITC) has gathered Tajik agrarian sector stakeholders in Dushanbe for a learning program to discuss the ways of benefiting from

14:14, june 28, 2013

Tajikistan hosts the 3rd Central Asian Social Innovation Camp

DUSHANBE June 28, 2013, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan is hosting the 3rd Central Asian Social innovation Cam (SICamp) this year.

12:52, june 28, 2013

Tajikistan participates in international conference on nuclear power in St. Petersburg

DUSHANBE, June 28, 2013, Asia-Plus /Avaz Yuldoshev/ -- Minister of Energy and Industry, Gul Sherali, heading a Tajik delegation is participating in the International Ministerial Conference on

15:03, june 26, 2013

EBRD assists in providing Tajik population with safe drinking water

DUSHANBE, June 26, 2013, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament has ratified a loan agreement between the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (EBRD)

11:12, june 26, 2013

Tajikistan to boost cooperation with JICA

DUSHANBE, June 26, 2013, Asia-Plus – On Tuesday June 25, Tajik Deputy Foreign Minister, Nizomiddin Zohidov met here with outgoing Resident Representative of the Japan International Cooperation

10:16, june 26, 2013

ADB to boost energy efficiency in Tajik households

DUSHANBE, June 26, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $10 million grant for an Access to Green Finance project to help Tajik families increase power access and